There may be no hip-hop artist who’s been mythologized more than Tupac Shakur. Yet the new docuseries ‘Dear Mama’ seeks to shine an illuminating light on its subject, revisiting his rise to stardom through the prism of his upbringing with his mother.
—this is an icon, after all, who had so many posthumous albums released following his 1996 death that some fans began semi-jokingly speculating, à la Elvis rumors, that he wasn’t really dead but, rather, continuing to record in secret.does not, alas, reveal that Tupac has been in hiding for the past 26 years.
At the same time that it brings Tupac to life, it also employs audio recordings of Afeni to capture her story and spirit. Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, she and her oldest sister Glo relocated to New York in 1960 with their mother but not their alcoholic, two-timing truck driver father. After hearing a speech by Bobby Seale, Afeni quickly fell in with the Black Panthers, becoming the second wife of Lumumba Shakur and rising to the position of Section Leader .
Admittedly, things may come into greater focus during subsequent episodes. Still, Hughes’ formal approach creates considerable cause for concern about the remainder of, which at outset provides a collection of fascinating glimpses of Tupac and Afeni, as well as a general notion about their common cause and perspective, but nothing coherent enough to qualify as a deeply compelling portrait of either firebrand.
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